Gaming 35 – MW3 vs BF3 vs Skyrim
Posted on 19th Nov 2011 at 12:09 by Podcast with 37 comments
Clive, Joe and Harry gather to discuss whether Battlefield 3 or Modern Warfare 3 is the better game. Harry even produces actual facts to support his arguments, but it’s all pointless because everyone knows Skyrim is the best game at the moment.
During the discussion, we also talk about whether singleplayer mode is effectively dead with modern FPS games, and whether CoD should be seen more as yearly sports title, such as FIFA or Football Manager.
LA Noire doesn’t avoid attention either, with both Harry and Clive weighing in to voice their frustrations, explaining why it’s more of an interactive movie than a game. However, there are some redeeming elements to the game, so our scores are correct, no matter how disparaging we might seem. Honest.
The good news to come from LA Noire is that the MotionSense technology – which worked reasonably well – isn’t tied to Team Bondi, but some other company called Depth Analysis. This means that we might see it in other games where talking to people and facial expressions might be important.
Whether we’ll see it in an Elder Scrolls game at some point is unknown, but we do know that Skyrim is an excellent game with an excellent interface and menu system (well, Clive thinks so, anyway). With a mouse’s scroll wheel it’s easy to be quick and accurate, making Skyrim a joy to play on PC. It also looks great, has really engaging side-quests and lets you do pretty much whatever you like.
We’ve also got a competition for you, but you’ll have to listen in to participate. Up for grabs are two of copies of the King Arthur Collection, which combines all the expansions and DLC pre-Fallen Champions for the roleplaying wargame. To enter, email your answers to podcast [at] custompc.co.uk.
Win a copy of King Arthur Collection!
As ever, the bit-tech hardware podcast features music by Brad Sucks, and was recorded on Shure microphones. You can download the podcast direct, listen in-browser or subscribe through iTunes using the links below. Also, be sure to let us know your thoughts about the discussion in the forums.
During the discussion, we also talk about whether singleplayer mode is effectively dead with modern FPS games, and whether CoD should be seen more as yearly sports title, such as FIFA or Football Manager.
LA Noire doesn’t avoid attention either, with both Harry and Clive weighing in to voice their frustrations, explaining why it’s more of an interactive movie than a game. However, there are some redeeming elements to the game, so our scores are correct, no matter how disparaging we might seem. Honest.
The good news to come from LA Noire is that the MotionSense technology – which worked reasonably well – isn’t tied to Team Bondi, but some other company called Depth Analysis. This means that we might see it in other games where talking to people and facial expressions might be important.
Whether we’ll see it in an Elder Scrolls game at some point is unknown, but we do know that Skyrim is an excellent game with an excellent interface and menu system (well, Clive thinks so, anyway). With a mouse’s scroll wheel it’s easy to be quick and accurate, making Skyrim a joy to play on PC. It also looks great, has really engaging side-quests and lets you do pretty much whatever you like.
We’ve also got a competition for you, but you’ll have to listen in to participate. Up for grabs are two of copies of the King Arthur Collection, which combines all the expansions and DLC pre-Fallen Champions for the roleplaying wargame. To enter, email your answers to podcast [at] custompc.co.uk.
Win a copy of King Arthur Collection!
As ever, the bit-tech hardware podcast features music by Brad Sucks, and was recorded on Shure microphones. You can download the podcast direct, listen in-browser or subscribe through iTunes using the links below. Also, be sure to let us know your thoughts about the discussion in the forums.
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Discuss in the forums ReplyFrom what I know, you can also assign spells etc to number keys, but I was sticking to using the Q menu.
I'm sorry...are we playing the same game? The menus are hideous....no sorting....too much scrolling....disparity between mouse and keyboard selection...inconsistent use of keys for actions....prompts to use the wrong keys for actions....a levelling up skill tree that's a nightmare to navigate....the list goes on and on.
Yes, the game is good...but holy cow....the menus are an abortion.
BF3 is my first multiplayer fps experience so I don't have the feeling of "been there, done that."
"Not too bad" isn't "excellent", though, which is what the BT guys are saying...
Check this out:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/50787/Misc/skyriminterface.jpg
Not taking credit for it, though...it ain't my work...but it is completely true.
Good luck with that. BLOPS was still around £30 during the most recent sale. The COD games don't get discounted much. Thieving *******s that Activision are.
If not in a steam sale I'll get a retail copy in a sale, got BLOPS for about £20 a few months ago from Game, then shortly after it went back up to 40 quid.
Both BF3 and MW3 has a very scripted and linear campaign, yet MW3 pulled off the trick of making it seem more like I had a choice and it was also more entertaining. MW3 had that fun action flic style to it while BF3 was trying to be serious and instead got boring.
As for the singleplayer campaigns, Angry Birds has more plot.
The menu system DOES have some sorting, which so far has never left me wanting. The only part of the interface(ish) that frustrates me is that you cannot compare items you are crafting to the items you currently have equipped (afaik)
Yeah, but you must have money to burn if you bought it on release, the pricing of it is hilarious.
I respectfully completely disagree sir. £40 is absolutely nothing for a game that I will spend probably 500+ hours on over the next year. MW3 is a multiplayer game - the 4-6 hour singleplayer tripe is practice for the people who can't play the multiplayer.
If you base your judgement on its singleplayer campaign, your misunderstanding what Call of Duty is about (same applies to BF which should also solely be judged as a multiplayer experience). Thats what sells the copies and thats what people care about in the game. Just go on youtube under the gaming category and a good deal of it is cod multiplayer gameplay, people have no interest in the singleplayer which is the biggest pile of scripted setpiece twaddle you can buy.
Go online and the experience completely changes as long as you know what your doing and play in parties. If you jump on it with randoms and dont use a headset, dont learn the spawnpoints, dont know the maps, dont know which perks, attachments, killstreaks to use etc etc, then you will think its one big sh1tfest and cant understand why people would enjoy it, but if you know what you are doing it is one of the most rewarding and satisfying experiences you can have in a modern FPS.
500+ hours on a MW game? Really? Wouldn't you be happier taking up a drug habit or something?
Yes, like the other millions that bought it and will play it constantly over the next year. Shame you cant enjoy it, not that I care :)
I am disappointed in the graphic's on the PC for BF3, but the gameplay is good especially when you come up against people who have never played a BF game before.
The other thing that annoy's me about BF3 is how long it takes to blow up a tank if you manage to blow it, up at all because of how quick they can be repaired by a engineer.
The tactical light and laser dot is a joke in that they blind you from miles away in the daylight map's, and it's even worse in tunnel's but hey every game has something for the noob's that cannot play without a slight advantage over others.
MW3 is just for run and gun, but you do die allot because the map's are designed for camping.
The map's are to small and so are the player count's because after all it was developed for the Xbox 360 only and then, ported over to the other platform's.
It can be fun to play but mostly it is annoying because of the issues with IWnet etc.
I have around 700+ hours on MW2 and about 500+ on Black Op's and will no doubt have more than 500+ hours on MW3 just like eventually I will on BF3.
BF3 is the better of the 2 games by a long distance simply because it is capable of run and gun and also tactical play and not to mention, it is just a better looking game for the most part apart from the grass and trees etc look better on MW3.
Simple fact is people will choose there game of choose and will defend it like it's a GOD, now I prefer COD and all my clan mates are fully aware of that but BF3 has shocked me and is taking me away from COD simply because of how good it is, but I still will play COD.
COD is good for me for run and gun and mindless fun, BF3 is good for when I want to play something tactically etc.
Skyrim = console port.
MW3 = console port.
But I also agree that BF3 is more of the same too, but generally speaking BF2 was more of an immersive experience than MW2.
I am really looking forward to playing Skyrim also, so for fans of the games none of them will disappoint, for people new to the franchises none of them will disappoint, but for BF3 and MW3 the most fun you will have is online (single player modes are more of a training session for the online epic).
My advice is buy all of them if you can, there's bags of fun to be had, my only gripe (and it's a huge gripe) is that map packs should be free or at least a lot cheaper than they are right now (£3 per map pack max).
BF3 is plain boring after the initial WOW of the graphics dies away..
Add BF3 to the list of console port's as well!
Development changed from PC to consoles half way through otherwise they wouldn't of met, the release date so they had to switch from developing for the pc.
It show's as well that it's a console port because the graphic's don't look as good as some of the Alpha footage, when compared to the retail version.
13:20 *uncensored* "Would you #$%^ing shut it for a moment please?"
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Stop playing BF3 on low or medium.
no one is playing skyward sword?!?!
^retreats to cave^
myyyyyy precioussssss
I play it on Ultra mate.
The graphic's are better than Call Of Duty games but they are not the best graphic's on the pc.
I will certaintly have to record some game footage so you can see the difference between a real game, made for the pc to use the hardware and this console port.
if that's a console port.. maybe your playing twimtbp =] the menus yeah- especially when your power leveling can be somewhat a pain.. but I think it's also like that for a reason.. to slow you down a bit
or it could just be the result of porting it over.. power leveling alchemy now and it's taking forever
I put a crashing to desktop fix for anyone who's interested in the that thread too.. I can't even get into bf3 (lost my high twitch nearly bot like skills.. that's right you don't have those forever!) and after seeing that guy in the jewelry store drop 900 bucks to have a blops skull put on his diamond ring.. I'm good with mw too.. bunch of hosers play that game
Pedantics pedantics :p
Nice cast, and the skyrim menus are fine. Just wish there was a comparison button or something, accidently sold the armor i was wearing last night. Think that was just cause im getting used to the system.
But the q feature works well.
Iv found if you unselect your bow in this menu, it will go to your previous weopon layout. Mace n sheild etc.
Thanks for the tip on the mouse button clicks for favorites tho. Wasnt aware of that.
And the graphics at times are gorgeous and at other times downright ugly. But the world it self is just gorgeous. Just wish i had more time to play it. Damn work.
You where searching for a good single player FPS, why not crysis, FEAR both of which have been destroyed by console dumbing down and dare I say halo and killzone. Halo is prob the best example of good single and multiplayer.
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